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Show VIOLENT FLUCTUATIONS AND ! ACTIVITY OCCUR IN STOCKS i Gains During Earlier Part of Session Are Effaced Toward Close; Call Loans Ereely Made at Low Rates. XEW YORK. Oci. Net l: many , j mouths has the flock market recorded j ! such violent fluetuationa and oxtraordi- ! nary activity as aiteiided today's ui:set- J tied selon, the turnover runidng" r n- j oxcf'.s of two milieu shares. The tone was Irregular to heavy at t;ie j outset. Lut soon strtiiKthc-ued on further ! sptriMcular movements' in stee'.s and ui- j iiliLited isfuts at extreme gains of - to Z j ! points. Meanwhile such recent favorites as motors, mo-tors, oils, shippincrs and food shares developed de-veloped Increasingly heavy tendencies, contributing- largely to the market's complete com-plete reversal at noon. All Katns were effaced while the extensive exten-sive selling movement was under way, , reactions from best prices of tne .first , ho.ir ranyinfr from S to If. point. In a i number of noteworthy instances overnight , losses 01 3 to 10 points were reg-lstored. j iiclclnf; moro ubviuiis reasons, there . was a disposition anions traders to at- , tribute the market's feverish court o to the ; bolt of the labor delegation from the in- i dus trial conference and to related industrial indus-trial Ci-volupiner.ta. un the surface nothing r. the money situation accounted tor the market's vagaries. va-garies. Cal! ! :iiiS wrr.j ireely made M yestcrdii y's nmiiniuni of o1- per cent, after opening at 6, and .nune loans wt-ro mane a"t the u nupuaily low rate of 4 : -: per cent before the clo.-ini;. Kenbie ralli-s occurred in the last h.our. the conipjirative stremrth of rails and tobaccos to-baccos inviting mouerare buying elsewhere. else-where. The r.-covery failed to "hold, however, how-ever, the market closing with many important im-portant stop's only fractionally over tne day's minimum quotations. Pales amounted to .35.tt00 shares. To add to the day's confusion, foreign exchange weakened. I tail an remittances made a new low record, with concurrent declines in rates to Scandinavian centers. Konds were infm-iav-d bv the course of stocks, turning- from early strength to heaviness later. Liberty issues were irregular ir-regular wi'.h the ioreiu-n division. Total sales (par value) ay.rr'jS'ated fl'SrA'.'Oe. OM United c talcs bonds uncaaned' on call. |